Afghan clothing

Afghan soldiers in summer clothing among the rock 1848 James Rattray
Uzbek traditional clothing in northern Afghanistan
Hazaras in Bamyan, Daykundi, Bamyan, and Ghazni

Afghan clothing styles reflect that Afghanistan is home to various ethnicities including the Tajiks, Pashtun, Hazara, Uzbek and smaller populations of Aimaq, Turkmen, Baloch, Pashayi, Nuristani, Arab, Brahui, Pamiri, and Gurjar. They have their own particular traditions.

Styles

Shirt with "Kandahari doozi" (a type of embroidery)

Men's clothing includes the khet partug, perahan tunban, the turban and local styles of coats.

Generally, traditional women's dresses in Afghanistan are made from light linens and are loose fitting for ease of movement. They come in many colors and have stitching for details. One unique style of casual women's dress is the Kandahari doozi embroidery stitching of the city of Kandahar. This is stitching very intricately in the linens in different shapes and patterns using very thin threads. The more intricate the design, the more pricey the garment.

American man dressed in traditional clothing worn by most Pashtun males in Afghanistan and Pakistan (Perahan tunban)

More elaborate and fancier dresses are detailed with gold threading (Zardozi), gold beads, and come in many different colors on silk fabrics. These dresses are usually worn to special occasions and weddings. Some women still wear burqas, even after the Taliban's fall in 2011.

Pashtun

As a chiefly rural and tribal population, the Pashtun dress of Afghanistan and Pakistan is typically made from light linens, and are loose fitting for ease of movement. The Pashtun dress includes local forms of the shalwar kameez, which are differently made for males and females.

Male clothing

The traditional male dress includes the Khet partug and Perahan wa tunban. Males usually wear kufi, Peshawari cap, traditional lungee or paktay turban, Mazari hat, sindhi cap or pakul as traditional headgear. Pashtun leaders sometimes wear a karakul hat, like President Hamid Karzai and former monarchs of Afghanistan.

Female dress

Womens In The Streets, Preparing to go out, Afghans costumes,Sketches in Afganistán By James Atkinson 1842

The traditional female dress is the Firaq partūg. Women wear solid-colored trousers, a long kamīs shirt with a belt. Sometimes they will wear an encompassing burqa over this outfit or a tsādar on their head.[1]

Many of the co-ethnic groups who live alongside the Pasthuns in Afghanistan, Pakistan have also adopted the dress because of comfort or popular culture. The Pashtun dress is the most popular of the Afghan clothing, in particular the female dress which is known as Gand-e-Afghani.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Pashtun - Introduction, Location, Language, Folklore, Religion, Major holidays, Rites of passage". Everyculture.com. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
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